Meeting of August 10, 2023

good evening I'd like to call this first meeting of August the first meeting of Davis County Fiscal Court to order and if you would Chris commissioner Castle would you please send them prayer and a pledge glad to if you could you're able to stay in it please bow your head and pray with me God in heaven as we come before you today to serve our community and as school has started by concession we thank you for the opportunity of an education for our children thank you that we have the resources of our buildings along with the faculty staff and volunteers they put their time and talents into educating protecting mentoring and caring for our children we ask that you be with all Educators and leaders to guide them while performing a service you have called them to please be with these children to keep them safe and to have what they need to help them learn please open their hearts and Minds with the knowledge they receive to lead our community and our nation to do what is right and just in your eyes in your name we pray of the United States of America and to

the Republic for which it stands one nation under God indivisible with liberty thank you commissioner castlin at this time I'm going to recess that meeting our regular Fiscal Court meeting and call to order a public hearing um Brooke if you'd read the first agenda item there's a public hearing for the 2023 proposed tax rate there are two primary calculated rates the first is the compensating rate and that is the rate that would produce the same tax revenue that was produced in the prior year compensating rate for 2023 is 12.6 cents per 100 of assist value the second is the rate allowing a four percent increase in Revenue that was produced in the prior year which is the maximum rate that can be set without it being subject to voter recall after reviewing this information with you the preference indicated to me was to leave all ad valorem rates the same as last year with no rate increases that would mean the County's proposed property tax rate is

13 cents per 100 of assist value now this rate is above the compensating rate because property assessments have increased over the last year because the proposed rate is higher than the compensating rate we must hold this public hearing where krs-68.245 to take any public comments on the proposed rate I would like to highlight that taking of right above that of the compensating rate is one of the few ways a taxing district or municipality can guard against inflation since the compensating rate results in the same dollar amount as the prior year I will reiterate that the Court's proposal is to keep all tax rates the same as last year with no rate increases I can answer any questions you may have any questions of the Commissioners for Mr Johnson no any questions from the public hearing none at this time I will say that they declare the public hearing is over and we will re return to our regular meeting right one consideration for presentation Proclaim Theater Workshop of Owensboro day thank you

so I have a proclamation from the office of the County judge executive whereas in September 1955 Lawrence Hager brought together fellow theater enthusiasts Walter Lazenby and Maxine Compton and the group evolved into Little Theater of Owensboro and whereas Theater Workshop Inc was officially Incorporated on November 30 1955 and whereas its first play The Man Who Came To Dinner debuted on December 1 1955 at Eastern junior high school and whereas after disbanding in 1959 members of the group reunited for the Festival of Arts in 1967 and whereas the company reformed this Theater Workshop of Owensboro in 1968 and whereas plays were held in high school auditoriums the road Hotel basement the National Guard Armory until the old Trinity Center became its permanent home in 1972 and whereas Theater Workshop expanded in 2011 with the purchase of the empress theater whereas the 60th season of plays presented by Theater Workshop of Owensboro will open with a production of

night mother on September 8th 2023 now therefore I Charlie casandos County judge executive to hereby Proclaim September 8 2023 is Theater Workshop of Owensboro day in Davis County Kentucky presented this day this 10th day of August 2023 in Davis County Anton [Applause] ym um and then and then we'd like a picture before you go terrific judge is asking for an actor to go off script [Music] um yeah improv is not really my thing but uh but I can you know say a few words I when I arrived on the scene a few years after we got into Trinity it was 1976. I just graduated from high school and really didn't think I liked theater and my girlfriend dragged me in to see The Importance of Being Earnest and that's when the magic happened and it changed my life and now here I am

a continual volunteer from that day to this and and now I'm I have my dream job as the executive director and I couldn't be happier more proud of the organization and where it's gone over the years kind of started out almost like a little Club you know and and we've expanded and and our offerings and and what we do for the folks of of Davis County and the surrounding areas and and uh you know we we help train businesses uh we we step into the schools we we started our penguin project for folks with special needs we want to involve as many folks as as possible in fact I've tried recruiting a couple folks here today for our Cabaret event that we that we happen every month so you just never know who you're going to see pop up at a theater Workshop event but uh but this means a lot and I wanted to share the moment with some of our friends and and staff members and and I'm glad that you could all be here for it this is quite an honor so judge Commissioners members of the Court we

really appreciate this recognition glad to recognize you and I I still remember one of the first Theater Workshop performances back I think it was at Owensboro High School's gym and and I want to say I was in college at the time and uh and it was Fiddler on the Roof which is one of my favorites and I was amazed with how good y'all handled that production oh thank you and uh so anyway I've been a fan ever since then so anyway we appreciate congratulations again thank you very much foreign subscribe one two

three all right perfect thank you so much um insurance you know Apes we're gonna let you know you might want to go ahead and go this this is your time so I'm just curious uh he said a couple members he approached me who else you're looking at this why are you looking at this direction because I just assumed it was you it was me I told him uh the only thing I could do musical is change the